Sale reports / Tennessee / Columbia Livestock Auction / 2025-04-16

Columbia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Columbia, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 16
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2078
Receipts
107 head
139 vs last sale 246 10 vs year ago 97 · +10.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle were gathered at UPI Columbia, graded and weighed on the ground. All cattle were on a strict vaccination program and weaned a minimum of 60 days.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $373.89/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 105.81 against this barn's trailing median of $479.70.
Average price
$373.89
11 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,129
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.99
vs TN average
+9.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568376.002,1367thin
Medium and Large 2572370.192,1174thin
One grade step is worth $5.81/cwt here — about $18 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale11 hd
373.89
TN average16 barns · 552 hd
354.90
+18.99
National average169 barns · 11,281 hd
364.76
+9.13
This barn, trailing median1 sales
479.70
−105.81
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

18 lots · USDA AMS · TLP Beef Alliance Sale - Columbia, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added700–750745291.76/cwt290.00–292.002,1748
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added550–600572370.19/cwt362.00–373.002,1174
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added650–700650332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,1581
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added850–900880257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,2621
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added950–1000985247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,4331
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added550–600588290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7053
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650630329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,0731
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500460390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7941
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700661332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,19517
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800756300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2689
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600568376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,1367
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added900–950900250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2503
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650643290.50/cwt290.50–290.501,86825
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550547318.56/cwt315.00–319.001,7439
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800771254.54/cwt245.00–257.001,9635
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850843243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,0482
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700695276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,9181
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8852

How this sale compares

Tennessee weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.